11 Questions 1-10 are based on the following passages. This passage is excerpted from George Eliot, SILAS MARNER. Originally published in 1861. George Eliot. Silas is the adoptive father of Eppie. Unlike the gold which needed nothing, and must be worshipped in close-locked solitudewhich was hidden away from the daylight, was deaf to the song of birds, and started to no human tonesEppie was a creature of endless claims and ever-growing desires, seeking and loving sunshine, and living sounds, and living movements; making trial of everything, with trust in new joy, and stirring the human kindness in all eyes that looked on her. The gold had kept his thoughts in an ever-repeated circle, leading to nothing beyond itself; but Eppie was an object compacted of changes and hopes that forced his thoughts onward, and carried them far away from their old eager pacing towards the same blank limitcarried them away to the new things that would come with the coming years, when Eppie would have learned to understand how her father Silas cared for her; and made him look for images of that time in the ties and charities that bound together the families of his neighbours. The gold had asked that he should sit weaving longer and longer, deafened and blinded more and more to all things except the monotony of his loom and the repetition of his web; but Eppie called him away from his weaving, and made him think all its pauses a holiday, reawakening his senses with her fresh life, even to the old winter-flies that came crawling forth in the early spring sunshine, and warming him into joy because she had joy. And when the sunshine grew strong and lasting, so that the buttercups were thick in the meadows, Silas might be seen in the sunny midday, or in the late afternoon when the shadows were lengthening under the hedgerows, strolling out with uncovered head to carry Eppie beyond the Stone-pits to where the flowers grew, till they reached some favourite bank where he could sit down, while Eppie toddled to pluck the flowers, and make remarks to the winged things that murmured happily above the bright petals, calling “Dad-dads“ attention continually by bringing him the flowers. Then she would turn her ear to some sudden bird-note, and Silas learned to please her by making signs of hushed stillness, that they might listen for the note to come again: so that when it came, she set up her small back and laughed with gurgling triumph. Sitting on the banks in this way, Silas began to look for the once familiar herbs again; and as the leaves, with their unchanged outline and markings, lay on his palm, there was a sense of crowding remembrances from which he turned away timidly, taking refuge in Eppies little world, that lay lightly on his enfeebled spirit. As the childs mind was growing into knowledge, his mind was growing into memory: as her life unfolded, his soul, long stupefied in a cold narrow prison, was unfolding too, and trembling gradually into full consciousness. Line 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 Reading Test 65 MINUTES, 52 QUESTIONS Turn to Section 1 of your answer sheet to answer the questions in this section. DIRECTIONS Each passage or pair of passages below is followed by a number of questions. After reading each passage or pair, choose the best answer to each question based on what is stated or implied in the passage or passages and in any accompanying graphics (such as a table or graph). 1 SAT 小帮手原创题目，版权所有，请勿盗用或者去掉我们的水印！ 去掉我们的水印这样很不尊重人你知道吗！ 1 2 Which choice best describes a major theme of the passage? A) The corrupting influence of a materialistic society. B) The moral purity of young children. C) The bittersweet brevity of childhood naivet. D) The restorative power of parental love. As compared with Silass gold, Eppie is portrayed as having more A) vitality. B) durability. C) protection. D) Self-sufficiency. 3 4 Which statement best describes a technique that narrator uses to represent Silass character before he adopted Eppie? A) The narrator emphasizes Silas former obsession with wealth by depicting his gold as requiring certain behaviors on his part. B) The narrator underscores Silas former greed by describing his gold as seeming to reproduce on its own. C) The narrator hints at Silas former antithetical attitude by contrasting his present behavior toward his neighbors with his past behavior toward them. D) The narrator demonstrates Silas former lack of self-awareness by implying that he is unable to recall life before Eppie. The narrator uses the phrase “making trial of everything” (line 7) to present Eppie as A) friendly. B) curious. C) disobedient. D) judgmental. 5 According to the narrator, one consequence of Silas adopting Eppie is that he A) has renounced all desire for money B) better understands his place in nature. C) seems more accepting of help from others. D) looks forward to a different kind of future. 2 11 6 Which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous question? A) lines